The municipality lies in the Vulkaneifel, a part of the Eifel known for its volcanic history, geographical and geological features, and even ongoing activity today, including gases that sometimes well up from the earth.

The foremost point of interest, however, is the Mosbrucher Weiher, a dried-up maar and today a nature conservation area.

Bearing witness to prehistoric settlement in what is now Mosbruch is a group of six barrows of unknown date sitting on a ridge northwest of the village.

The Electors of Cologne also owned the Mosbrucher Weiher, the now dry (but then still filled with water) maar, in which fish were raised.

In feudal times, the village belonged to the County of Virneburg, whose Counts bore as an armorial charge seven lozenges in two rows, of four and three.